ECONOMY > U.S.S.R. (Soviet Union) [1922-1991]
- in the USSR the economy faced many problems
- Because of the cold wars and other wars the economy would be bad
- The government used to be communist so everyone was paying equally
- Russia's communist leaders were completely in charge
- when WW2 ended Stalin wanted to protect the soviet union from any more invasions
- in 1914 there was food shortages
- was a communist state
- Russia was a super power (or pretty much the U.S.S.R. was)
- made tanks (industries)
- Russia focused on heavy industry